tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 23, 2019 13:53:24 GMT
I just became aware of the Postal Ninja website that allows you to track shipments sent through over 330 international postal and courier services -- it can be accessed at postal.ninja/enHas anyone had experience using this site? |
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Jun 23, 2019 16:45:55 GMT
Never used it but thanks for the link - Tracking added to postal mail (international) costs a bundle in Canada so I have never used it to send packets to other members....maybe USPS is cheaper for "tracking" but I do not have access to these services, and do not wish to cross the border to mail an item as they will get me on the value (poor) of our $C !! and cost will probably match
René
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,263
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 23, 2019 21:48:05 GMT
I've got a package inbound from Israel and will see how well it tracks.
I also have determined that it will track domestic shipments as well.
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Jun 24, 2019 16:59:35 GMT
Never used it but thanks for the link - Tracking added to postal mail (international) costs a bundle in Canada so I have never used it to send packets to other members....maybe USPS is cheaper for "tracking" but I do not have access to these services, and do not wish to cross the border to mail an item as they will get me on the value (poor) of our $C !! and cost will probably match René Just mailed an envelope to nikhil this morning C$11.00 Airmail.......with tracking: over C$25.......not reasonable for "dups" material  I have had 1/5 lost or stolen or confiscated up to now - India René |
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Jun 25, 2019 1:06:44 GMT
This looks brilliant, similar to the airline flight trackers. Or the maritime shipping trackers, which I've never really used, but they look impressive.
I don't have anything registered floating through the ether just now, so I gave Postal Ninja the number of an old registered letter that arrived in April. It tells me the letter will arrive tomorrow. Maybe that was unfair.
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mikeclevenger
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What I collect: Ohio Tax Stamps, Ohio & Georgia Revenues, US Revenues, US FDC's, & Germany Classics
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Post by mikeclevenger on Jun 26, 2019 9:09:47 GMT
Thanks Steve, I will be trying it out this week, as I am shipping 2 packages out of the US. Thanks again. Mike.
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theamateurphilatelist
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What I collect: India, Machins, India, Laos, Austria, Russia, Commonwealth omnibuses, Covers, Birds
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Post by theamateurphilatelist on Jun 26, 2019 13:05:29 GMT
While I haven't tried postal ninja, I did come across some other websites that claimed to do the same. What I found best that works for me is to track packages on the destination country's tracking website after the package has left the source country (use source country's tracking site initially).
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,263
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 28, 2019 15:36:45 GMT
I received my package from Israel on Wednesday -- I had to sign for it on one of those handheld devices that our carriers use for scanning and recording signatures. The Postal Ninja record is consistent with that of Israel Post with both showing dates of receipt for processing and forwarding to the U.S.   The USPS tracking site simply indicates that tracking is not available for the product for Israel.  At this point I'm not ready to write off Postal Ninja -- my working assumption is that the USPS is the weak link here. I'll check the Postal Ninja and Israel Post sites in a week or two to see if there have been any updates recorded. |
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I have had 1/5 lost or stolen or confiscated up to now - India
